.Two guys were in a bar, and they were both watching the television when the news came on.

It showed a guy on a bridge who was about to jump, obviously suicidal. "I'll bet you $10 he'll jump," said the first guy. "Bet you $10 he won't," said the second guy. "Your on!", he says.

Then, the guy on the television closed his eyes and threw himself off the bridge.

The second guy hands the first guy the money. "I can't take your money," said the first guy. "I cheated you. The same story was on the five o'clock news."

"No, no. Take it," said the second guy. "I saw the five o'clock news too. I just didn't think the guy was dumb enough to jump again!"

1) The First Noble Truth: THE EXISTENCE OF IMPERMANENCE
Nothing lasts forever. When you understand this it makes it easier to not be so attached to what you're experiencing. So when you're experiencing something you think is bad, you can relax in the knowledge that nothing bad lasts forever. Similarly, when you're experiencing happiness you can also realize that nothing good lasts forever. Why would you want to do that? Because it helps you to be more aware of how you're reacting to your experiences at all times.

2) The Second Noble Truth: THE ARISING OF SUFFERING BECAUSE OF CRAVING
Craving sensory stimulation, craving existence, and craving non-existence give rise to the "continuity of being" (the tendency to confuse reality with your perception of reality), and with it its attendant suffering. Say you want something and you don't get it--you'd get sad or frustrated. But say you want something and you do get it. Eventually you'll get bored with it and you'll start wanting something else. And so you start all over again. And that's a bummer.

3) The Third Noble Truth: THE CESSATION OF SUFFERING
You can end eternal suffering by ending the craving that leads to the continuation of suffering. Remember that suffering is caused by endlessly wanting what you can't have. So if you can stop this endless wanting, you won't suffer anymore. That's not to say that you won't ever feel pained or sad (or happy or ecstatic) ever again. It's just that it won't be part of an endless cycle of wanting--not getting--being sad--wanting again.

4) The Fourth Noble Truth: THE MIDDLE WAY, or THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH
So how do you end eternal craving? Just live by the ideals of the Noble Eightfold Path. The Path avoids two extremes--the pursuit of complete and ultimate sensory pleasure, or the pursuit of utter self-denial. It is the middle way between the two extremes of excessive self-indulgence (hedonism) and excessive self-mortification (asceticism); and it leads to the end of the cycle of rebirth. The latter quality discerns it from other paths which are merely "wandering on the wheel of becoming", because these do not have a final object. The path to the end of suffering can extend over many lifetimes, throughout which every individual rebirth is subject to karmic conditioning. Craving, ignorance, delusions, and its effects will disappear gradually, as progress is made on the path.
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I found this yesterday, about this 4 nouble Truths, nearby a Buddha's statue, in stone, dated from the century VI in an exposition i'd been with antiques brought by Portuguese Navigators (when they found others lands). So, i was curious about this Truths, i really had to read it, and i'm posting some few sentences about it BUT it does not mean i agree! It means yes that i enjoy a lot discovered it, as i don't know too much about Buddhism. HMMM, is this why i'm an old soul and also a monkey soul, as i found? (Joooooooooking AAAAAH haha, i'm reminding all we joke about it on that post ) Hugs,kk